Speedy Whips Up Second Win

Yolande Speedy, pictured here on her way to victory at the first Mazda MTN SA Cup in Jonkershoek, Stellenbosch, has won the second event of the tour in Pretoria. Photo by Gary Perkin

Yolande Speedy lived up to her pre-race favourite status, when she blazed her way to comfortable victory in the women’s Pro-Elite race at the second round of the 2008 Mazda MTN SA Mountain Bike Cup in Pretoria at the weekend.

Speedy (IMC Racing) took the lead from the start and steadily increased it throughout the four-lap event, to claim her second successive win in the national series, finishing two-and-a-half minutes ahead of the pack.

Current South African champion Amy Jane Mundy (Jeep) was runner-up just over two minutes later, with Sara Muhl (Jeep) rounding out the Pro-Elite category podium places.

The third round of the Mazda MTN SA Cup doubles as the 2008 South African Championships and takes place in Pietermaritzburg on 15 and 16 March.